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5 Practical Ways to Curb Cruise Vacation Weight Gain

T.I. Cruiser — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:00:29 +0000

Let’s not kid ourselves; it’s damn hard (not impossible but damn hard) to take a cruise vacation without gaining weight. If you stick vacationers on a boat with 24 hour food and drink availability, healthy eating habits more often than not will cease to exist. Just because a certain outcome seems like to happen it doesn’t mean you should just throw in the towel, give into temptation, pig out and deal with the consequences when you get home; there is another way. It doesn’t have to be all or nothing, instead of seeking to completely avoid anything that can cause you to gain weight, pick your battles. Putting on a couple of pounds is perfectly normal and okay, what you want to avoid is packing [...]

Women and Children First?

T.I. Cruiser — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:24:29 +0000

Does the old adage “women and children first”, still hold true. Well, according to a couple of researchers from Sweden, it never did in the first place. Economists Mikael Elinder and Oscar Erixon of Uppsala University (Uppsala, Sweden) recently conducted a study dispelling the saying as a “myth”. According to their report the truth is that in the event of a ship going down men, have had a much higher instance of survival than either women or children. In fact, you could say their data is the complete opposite of what we all have been led to believe. Every Man for Himself The two researchers have put together an 82 page report which breaks down 18 of the world’s most tragic maritime accidents. They have [...]

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22 Cruise Ship Passengers Robbed at Gunpoint

T.I. Cruiser — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:00:11 +0000

Over the last couple of years I have been pretty critical of Mexico tourism. There’s just something about finding severed heads in the streets that takes the shine off of beautiful beaches and Aztec ruins, but that’s just me. Over the last year it seems like the cruise industry climbed on board with putting customer safety above potential profits by drastically reducing cruises to the area. However, a fair number of cruise ships still do visit the area. Across the board, cruise lines have reduced Mexico cruises by about 15% with some areas obviously being hit more than others. Ports along the Caribbean side like Cozumel and Costa Maya have hardly been impacted by a reduction, while ports like Mazatlan have lost nearly 80% of [...]

Another Princess Norovirus Outbreak?

T.I. Cruiser — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:30:06 +0000

“One piece of good news for the next group of cruisers is that back to back outbreaks are relatively rare.” I have never been afraid to admit when I am wrong, so here I stand before you, hat in hand. In my last blog entry “Two Princess Cruise Ships Suffer Norovirus Outbreak“, which was about the Norovirus outbreak onboard the Ruby Princess and Crown Princess I made a mistake. My exact words were, “One piece of good news for the next group of cruisers is that back to back outbreaks are relatively rare.” Well, it looks like I may have jinxed one of the cruise ships. Yesterday it was announced that the Crown Princess would end its current cruise a couple of days early amid [...]

Two Princess Cruise Ships Suffer Norovirus Outbreak

T.I. Cruiser — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:45:38 +0000

The latest piece of negative cruise related news has to do with two of Princess Cruise’s ships suffering from an outbreak of the Norovirus. The Crown Princess and the Ruby Princess both departed from Florida last weekend with the Crown returning today and the Ruby set to dock Sunday. As you may know, Norovirus is a common gastrointestinal illness that if not caught immediately can quickly spread. The most common symptoms of Norovirus are vomiting and diarrhea. While many often refer to Noro as a cruise illness, what they fail to report is it is far more common in so many other places. Hotel resorts, school cafeterias, assisted living facilities and even your neighborhood restaurant are just as, if not more likely to have Norovirus [...]